PG125 Training the trainers- novel simulation training program for interprofessional faculties

Background Simulation-based education is a novel method of Healthcare education in India. With a dearth of experts in our country, we implemented a novel method of training the trainers,1 2 with a foreign expert, to bridge this gap in this field. Summary of Work The training program was done for the faculty of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India. The program Coordinators included an International expert in Simulation from Hull University teaching Hospital and Head of the Medical Education Unit, SRIHER. The facilitators included faculties trained in Simulation. The target group included the faculties from Medical college, Dental college, Pharmacy college, Nursing college, and Allied health sciences of SRIHER. The training program was planned as 3 Tiers. In Tier 1, 24 participants, who were interested in Medical education, volunteered for a 5-hour Tele Video session delivered by the International faculty and facilitated by local experts. Tier 2, 1 week later, included 24 observers in addition to the initial 24 participants. The observers had the previous week’s session as Tutored Video Instruction (TVI), with local experts present in a blended learning session. Tier 3 included an inter-professional Simulation by the participant groups observed by the observers. Similar workshops are planned with observers becoming participants in the forthcoming sessions. Summary of Results The outcome of the sessions was assessed with Pre and Post questionnaire. 61.1% did not have any previous simulation experience. We observed an increase in the confidence levels for delivering a simulation course in healthcare. The session resulted in the use of hybrid simulation by the participants. The confidence in debriefing and running a simulation course may require a longer time. Discussion and Conclusion The ability to provide training in a resource-limited setting can be done by this method. A large number of faculty can get exposed to simulation-based education. These can also help in identifying core groups and leadership for simulation-based inter-professional education in Hospitals. Recommendations Resource limited countries can opt for TVI for training a large number of faculty in a short period of time. References Adrianne J. Lane, et al. Using a Train the trainer model to prepare educators for Simulation instruction. The journal of continuing education in nursing 2013; 44. doi:10.3928/00220124-20130515-33 Mormina and Pinder. A conceptual framework for training of trainers(Tot). Globalization and Health 2018;14:100; doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0420-3